On this day in 1986, Newsweek magazine published an article detailing the economic problems in Lone Star, Texas, in southern Morris County. The site was probably settled around the time of the Civil...(Read More)

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SAN ANTONIO TEXAS COURIER

SAN ANTONIO TEXAS COURIER. The San Antonio Texas Courier, or Correo de Texas, was projected as a bilingual newspaper to be published weekly in San Antonio. An American named Ashbridge issued the prospectus for the paper on April 9, 1823, addressed to "the Advocates of Light and Reason, the friends to the Province of Texas, and the Mexican Empire." The paper may never have been published, despite the fact that on May 20, 1823, Stephen F. Austin wrote that he rejoiced to hear of a newspaper in San Antonio. Whether Ashbridge printed his paper or not, he did print circulars for the government.